The Diamond Line

The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Ode to the Rest World

By Bailey Ryer                       Late at night, when time on Earth stops, the trees begin to sing. Their aged and powerful branches collide in the wind, composing an ode to another day gone. The orange and yellow leaves rustle and fall, hitting the ground...

The Sun Always Comes Back

By Margaret Fitzgerald   Margaret Fitzgerald is a sophomore, majoring in Journalism with an emphasis on News/Editorial and minoring in Spanish. She is from St. Louis, Missouri. After graduation, Margaret sees herself either practicing media law or writing for a...

Wakansica

By Mollie Nail   CHARACTERS:  PAYTAH, seeker   WI-SAPA, holy man   DEER  HELPERS   SETTING:  Black Hills, South Dakota   TIME:  June 1578     PAYTAH, a thirteen-year-old Oglala child arrives at the top of a hill. Five poles have been lodged in the...

Self-Portrait in Context

By Colleen Lloyd   Colleen Lloyd is a sophomore studio art major with a concentration in painting. They have always loved painting and knew they wanted it to be a major part of their life. Their favorite part of painting is focusing on important parts of their...

Dysmorphia

By Margaret Fitzgerald Margaret Fitzgerald is a sophomore, majoring in Journalism with an emphasis on News/Editorial and minoring in Spanish. She is from St. Louis, Missouri. After graduation, Margaret sees herself either practicing media law or writing for a...

Waiting for My Father

By Morgan Walker   Caught in a snowbank, my skis  have tumbled into the evergreens   beside me, flipped and buried     for winter. Through the padding   of my helmet, I hear the rubbery  scrub of cold plastic against fresh     powder, the fading shouts of...